Essays

On Claire Millikin’s Tartessos and Other Cities-A map alone does not solve our problems, heal our wounds, or save our souls. But it gives us a chance to find our way, and that is the deepest, most humane lesson in this wise, artful, and deeply moving collection of poems.

Introduction to Another World Instead-What does it mean to be a conscientious objector during a war that nearly all one’s fellow citizens favor? What does it mean to take such a stance at the same time that one is getting started as a poet?

The Fire Teaching-Deeply informed by Ms. Kingston’s Buddhist practices and values, The Fifth Book of Peace is a hybrid of memoir, scholarship, and fiction, each of which examines the nature of and possibilities for creating a "beloved community."

Windfall-Seamus Heaney's last book reminds us that no other poet has so profoundly embraced the task of articulating a defense of poetry for our time.